Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-05-15

The coal trade promises to develop some
very interesting features within a week Oh
two. The anthracite coal trade, would
not object TO a five or six week strike jus,
now. 1t would be worth some millions o.
dollars TO the trade during the year.
The miners have chosen Il very OpportunC
time, IL vas their object to suit their EN-
ployers. There are stocks Of Oue million
tons Oh hand, besids what consumers have
THE LUMBER MANUFACTURERS
and dealers both west and east, are en-,
deayOring 10 work about a little improve
ment IN the prices of all kinds of lumber
including hard woods. Interpreted short
age of one thousand million feet in whit,
pine logs aRd manufactured stuff, is thu
foundation ON which the trade is working
The building demand - - per cent heavier
than last year, from all accounts. The
number.O permits taken out, shows, that
we are crowdiug ahead, and that the year,
will hc an exceptional one for lumber
dealers, nail makers aud manufacturers %
builders hardware, and of building material
generally.
so iar as reports could be received last,
week, the increase in the volume OF bust
less waS II per cent over that of the week
previous. The reports from 20 cities, OF
the first four months of the year, show an
increase Of seven per cent over the SANE
time last year.
A large amount ofmOney is rushing from
abroad to the United States, seeking in,
yeStment in the attractive channels o
opening up. This inrushinG OF money will
help to stimulate the speculative spirit in
real estate and building operations, and in
manufacturing and railroad building. The
real estate advance in some directions has
been excessive. and it looks Us though a
reaction would he the inevitable result
in time, but - per cent of the improve
mcnt at least, is legitimate, and will hold.
The general conSumptive requirements
OF the country are cvidentally increasing.
This is the hlsis for The new projected wor!,
heard Of. House building in small towns,
will be pushed on q large scale.
IN NEW YORK CITY
6il buildings were projected during April,
Ia cost Il million dollars, against 1863 for
| April Of last year., to cost about 1000, uO0,
The total number projected during the first
four months of this year, We're 2,09l cost,
inc So, 5S7, go. The number OF con,
vance for the first four months were
5,2il. conveying . little under 500, bOO,
900 worth OF property.
SO far this year, there have been 3Tt
strikes, in which lis, 900 persons partici,
| pated. Among them were Il, 500 coal
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house and shop builders. Employers in
the building trade, and in other branches
of industry and business are perfecting
their organizations, with q view to 4 more
successful combination against labor.
The south is takiH. the lead in the mat,
ter of small industries and the north in
large industries. Cotton factories are pro-
jccted in no less than 20 cities and towns
throughout the south. Eight cotton seed
oil mills will he erected, just rs fast rs the
machinery and materials can he cotton to-
grther for the purpose.
The southern manufacturers association
at Augusta have declined To aCcCde TO the
demands Of their spiunerS. New mill are
10 he put up 1T Nashville, RvnnettSvillc,
Gainesville, ia. Mills are also projected
in several OF the New England states, and
the capital Of some OF them Will reach one
quarter of million dollars.
AMERICAN ELECTRICIANS
are successfully competing against Eu-
ropean aud British electricians, because OF
the superiority Of their methods and
devices. It is probable that within sixty
lays. @ OF 10 additional electric street caI
roads, will be iu operation. Four are now
heinz built. and the success or failure o!
these, will be hints 10 electricians, which
thew will Use 10 improve their machinery.
The Julian system is in successful Oper-
alton i'm st. Louis. The Brush system Is
being introduced IN Conn. Even in small
towns. there Is an inquiry after electrical
motors, aud as soon Is I cheap and practical
/ system is established, it will no doubt meet
with a very geurIal acccptatlon.
The American party is the name OF Z
new political party Just organized in lhiIa
delphia which has called a national con
I vcutiun To meet in this city next fall t
prOmulgate Il platform to Americana
america, and restrict emigration, - thai
/ fewer Of the foreign element will rom" IL
fnr the next few years. The movemch
has attracted the Alteration of 4 good many
of the oil political parties, aud 1t promlSr'
10 he something Of u factor in the mex
Presidential campaign.
THE SHOP MECHANICS
all through the larger cities are r~ecOgnizin!
the ~advisability at less hostility 10 ron
union labor. They see that the enormous
influx OF foreign labor, will circumvrn
them in their efforts, 10 force a4l n%on-uul"l
| labor 10 become union. The foreigners ar
rushing i'm seeking employment in all in
dustrial directions, and are too anxious {"
"a moderate living to fight their employer
Tor the highest possible wages.
The iron and steel workers have ~ We
not decided whether to make Il general dc
mand for higher wages. Some manutac
turers are accommodating moderate stocks o
bar iron, sheet iron and nails in view OF th
possibility oil 4 Suspension. The iron an
steel workers would he glad Tor IN eNcus
tor a two months rest anyhow this sum
mer. in order that they might give thel
nix hats an airing.
In London, there are 10000 workmcI
doing carpenter work, LOCO IN Paris, an,
L,UUO in Ecrliu. Carpenters wages rang
from II Ia = cents per nOuI IN filGlduU
aud - cents i'm Paris. While in Berlin
wages range from ~ to lO cents accordim
To skill.
THE SPRINGFIELD rurNDNEN COMPANY
and the Yale X IOwnc, Manufacture
Companies, report satisfactory progress d
their profit sharing system. \ Chlcag
firm, which has had the system unde
trial Tor one year, have Just divided Nl%,
900 between their 80 employees. Othc
employers are lavorably considering thj
scheme, and it is regarded ACUTE pr"bahi
that the system will be largely adopte
especially by those employers. who hav
not been realiSing more thai ak per cent {
whom there is q large number.
4 Hartford gun make has a large @u
contract with the Italian government
Engine and machinery makers t~hroughor
the new England and middle states, al
, receiving inquiries for very large lots {
of special machinery tor export. y me-
authority says, the American locomotly
is Gaining in favor on the Continent.
SeyprlI small towns i'm the north Yves